If I like the following bands, what other ones would I enjoy?

MadelineNYC

If I like:
Death Cab for Cutie
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Beck
Gorillaz
Arcade Fire
The Dandy Warhols
Radiohead


What other bands would I like?
Always looking for news things for the iPod.

insinkerator

i hav heard people connect arcade fire with sigur ros, but i could never really listen to arcade fire so i dont know. Tha Dandy Warhols had a huge rivalry with The Brian Jonestown Massacre. You could check them out.

coillcam

Get your arse onto last.fm, stick in a few tracks or download the software and upload your library. Then get cracking on "My Recommendations" you'll get loads of new artists through there. Even just playing one artist's "station" will set you off streaming loads more genre specific music.

Even my Dad who can barely turn on the laptop uses it to listen to some old school blues he'd never come across elsewhere. Fantastic site.

Orizio

Spoon.

MikeHowitzer

check out animal collectives stawberry jam album. listen to fireworks and see if that does anything for you. id also recommend the beta band and battles.

fuzzy12

Tapes 'N Tapes...'The Loon'
Jellyfish
Postal Service
The Shins
Ben Folds w/out the 5
Brendan Benson
Clap Your Hands Say yeah
Sebadoh..............

Mr. Frost

Check out:

Hockey, Bon Iver, The Apples In Stereo, Band Of Horses, My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, TV On The Radio, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bright Eyes, Dr. Dog, Elbow, The Eels, The Gaslight Anthem, The Go-Betweens (recommend 16 Lover's Lane), Ham Sandwich, The Kissaway Trail, Broken Social Scene, The Magnetic Fields, Midlake, The National, Neutral Milk Hotel, Okkervil River, The Rakes (maybe), Son Volt, Wolf Parade.

You won't be dissapointed!

MikeHowitzer

i second neutral milk hotel.

flav

all good recommendations so far, you might also like some of these

Pavement
Modest Mouse
The National
The Mountain Goats

studiorat

Son Volt always worth a look.
Have a look for Galaxie 500 and Luna (old skool) if you like the Pavement thing. (very NYC)
Rilo Kiely and Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's too!

homerun_homer

If you like:
Death Cab for Cutie - Postal Service

MGMT - Empire of the Sun, Friendly Fires,

Vampire Weekend - Spinto Band, The Shins, She & Him, Sleepy Jackson, Tilly & the Wall

The Good, the Bad and the Queen - Bat for Lashes,

Beck - Jape, Simple Kid, Spoon, Tom Vek,

Gorillaz - TV on the Radio, MIA, Santogold,

Arcade Fire - Beirut, The National, Magnetic Fields, Talking Heads,

The Dandy Warhols - Brian Jonestown Massacre, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,

Radiohead - Foals,

Also recommend The Stills, Tapes N Tapes, School for Seven Bells, The Cribs, dEUS, Howling Bells, LCD Soundsystem (to name but a few)

lordgoat

Frightened Rabbit.

UpYeBoyo

I actually met Deathcab for Cutie after a gig. Absolutely class! Four song encore, sweet!

MadelineNYC

Thank you for all the suggestions. I can't wait to check out some of these bands. Of course today is the day that my iTunes is down for some reason.

I forgot to put Feist (is she considered Alternative/Indie?) and The Durutti Column on my original list.

I also listen to tons of electronica (Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Moby, Nightmares on Wax, Bebel Gilberto) and am a huge fan of World Music, particularly AfroPop. That is probably why I like Vampire Weekend (it's certainly not their lyrics which I think are very annoying.)

stateofflux

MadelineNYC wrote: »

If I like:
Death Cab for Cutie
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Beck
Gorillaz
Arcade Fire
The Dandy Warhols
Radiohead


What other bands would I like?
Always looking for news things for the iPod.

as said your best bet is last fm or try deezer.com (if a song exists you can probably listen to the full version there (stream only)

go to allmusic.com also...each artist has an "influenced by"+"related artists list"... ..
i ended up not listening to a lot of the bands you listed when i figured out and listened to what influenced them.....its like a family tree

mercuroman

I second Spoon.

Mr. Frost

MadelineNYC wrote: »

Thank you for all the suggestions. I can't wait to check out some of these bands. Of course today is the day that my iTunes is down for some reason.

I forgot to put Feist (is she considered Alternative/Indie?) and The Durutti Column on my original list.

I also listen to tons of electronica (Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Moby, Nightmares on Wax, Bebel Gilberto) and am a huge fan of World Music, particularly AfroPop. That is probably why I like Vampire Weekend (it's certainly not their lyrics which I think are very annoying.)

Agree with Vampire Weekend thing...

...Yeah Feist, she's in Broken Social Scene (one of the bands I recommended). Check out Kevin Drew too - he's with them too and released a solo album or two.
Try Architecture in Helsinki maybe.

PaulBrewer

MadelineNYC wrote: »

If I like:
Death Cab for Cutie
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Beck
Gorillaz
Arcade Fire
The Dandy Warhols
Radiohead


What other bands would I like?
Always looking for news things for the iPod.

I'd imagine you'll like -

http://www.myspace.com/esserhq

I heard him first where I heard a lot of the bands on your list -

BBC 6 Music, their digital station.

g5fd6ow0hseima

em, Architecture In Helsinki - nice and happy music,

Creamy Goodness

i won't bother relisting most of the above but definitely check out

frightened rabbit

and born ruffians.

HouseHippo

Angel pier
Editors
Late Of the Pier
White Denim
White Lies
Justice

the hero game

if u like death cab, check out their mates and sometimes collaborators the american analog set (though they have broken up now).. very similar in ways but much better imo.. 'set free' is my fav album by them, 'know by heart' also great..

Michellenman

If you like Radiohead you'll enjoy Thom Yorkes solo stuff, it's whopper.

Biffy Clyro.
Interpol
Air.
The Cure.
MIA.
Tegan and Sara.
British Sea Power.

Kold

I can tell that you'd like lastfm.com

thebigcheese22

Radiohead - Muse (though admittedly not as good)

doonothing

Battles maybe, Belle and Sebastian, the Eels, Elbow, Gomez, Interpol, Mystery Jets, Sea Wolf, Weezer?

My two shiny pennies

Ardscoil Ris

Michellenman wrote: »

If you like Radiohead you'll enjoy Thom Yorkes solo stuff, it's whopper.

Was that a joke?

The rest of your list is good.

doonothing

Thom Yorke's solo stuff is good, and pretty similar to In Rainbows, one of the best albums of last year in my opinion. The Eraser was good, if not as good as Thom's other musical creations.

Ardscoil Ris

doonothing wrote: »

Thom Yorke's solo stuff is good, and pretty similar to In Rainbows, one of the best albums of last year in my opinion. The Eraser was good, if not as good as Thom's other musical creations.

Fair enough. I don't want to start a debate. I love electronica, but I think Kid A, Amnesiac, and Thom Yorke's solo stuff are dirt. Just my opinion.

Michellenman

Ardscoil Ris wrote: »

Was that a joke?

The rest of your list is good.

No joke. The Eraser and In Rainbows are somewhat similar.

Maybe try some Blondie, The Smiths, The Kinks or some of the Postal Service?

Alan Noir

British Sea Power definitely.



Try Camera Obscura too, not that they're very similar, but I'm pimping them everywhere from now on. :cool:

MadelineNYC

Well I've been working my way through the suggestions.

So far I really like Spoon,Muse and some of the British Sea Power stuff..and I absolutely LOVE Beirut, probably the world music fan in me..

thanks for the recs everyone!!

cas91

I havn't had the patience to look and see if anyone has mentioned this :rolleyes:
But blur ? I rarely meet people with a similar music interest as you who have something against these fellas.

cas91

Michellenman wrote: »

If you like Radiohead you'll enjoy Thom Yorkes solo stuff, it's whopper.

I checked out some of his stuff after seeing your post.. turns out more than the op are gaining from this thread cheers! its good

jill_valentine

It took me a while to warm to Yorke's solo stuff, but honest to God, I listen to it more now than I do Radiohead's own these days.

And if you like Thom Yorke's solo stuff, I'd hazard Emily Haines' solo output as being in a not dissimilar vein.

Homerun Homer has the best post in the thread though.

Yenwod

Mr. Frost wrote: »

Check out:
The Magnetic Fields

homerun_homer wrote: »

If you like:
Arcade Fire - Beirut, The National, Magnetic Fields, Talking Heads,

If you like The Magnetic Fields, you should check out Stephin Merritt's other bands, The Gothic Archies, Future Bible Hereos, The 6ths and his solo stuff. All worth a listen

JerryHandbag

MGMT - The Sleepy Jackson, Cosmic Rough Riders
The Dandy Warhols - The Velvet Underground/Lou Reed, Rolling Stones
Radiohead - Muse, Bell X1, dEUS, Can

liah

I think I have pretty similar tastes to yourself.

http://www.last.fm/user/xiiad

Scan through my library or play my library, should be at least a couple things on there that'd suit you. Ignore my tops, they're not always a literal representative..

Also ignore the German stuff.. there's a lot of it.

Anyway, summary:

We Are Scientists, the Subways, Athlete, Mute Math, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Tegan and Sara, Two Gallants, the Decemberists, Born Ruffians, Explosions in the Sky, the Black Keys, Elbow, British Sea Power, Mew, Bloc Party, Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes, Air Traffic, Bare Naked Ladies, Yeasayer, the Beatsteaks, Jon Foreman, Efterklang, Willy Mason, Rogue Wave, the National, City and Colour, Okkerkil River, Belle & Sebastian, Tokyo Police Club, Cake, Eisley, Sufjan Stevens, Ryan Adams, Duke Special, Tender Forever, Newton Faulkner, The Moldy Peaches, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Mundy, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Cliks, the Whip, the Meligrove Band, 65daysofstatic, This Will Destroy You, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, amiina, múm, Vincent Vincent and the Villains, Mates of State, Dragonette, A Fine Frenzy...

but most of all, imo the best band I will ever hear of in my lifetime: SIGUR RÓS!

The Pontiac

MadelineNYC wrote: »

If I like:
Death Cab for Cutie
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
Beck
Gorillaz
Arcade Fire
The Dandy Warhols
Radiohead


What other bands would I like?
Always looking for news things for the iPod.

Give the Pixies a listen to. Be amazed if you didn't like em. Try giving Bossanova and Doolittle a listen. Stood the test of time well IMO

mathie

The Republic Tigers

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